Comments for Brentford and Fulham briefly resume a rivalry at http://www.wsc.co.uk , comment 0 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.wsc.co.uk Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:56:19 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/5668/38/#pc_2479 But I hate Man.U. Self-indulgent twits. And most of the EPL. Even prefer most London/mockney clubs to most of them! - GCostanza Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:57:26 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/5668/38/#pc_2427 GCostanza, you should rush out and buy Inside United Magazine, it's got a great article about Wayne Rooney's groin which will have you enthralled for hours! - madmickyf Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:28:44 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/5668/38/#pc_2412 Yes how dare people talk about insignificant teams like mine. Surely we should only discuss the all important Premiership. - wearebees Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:41:27 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/5668/38/#pc_2409 Fulham & Brentford really, must be a very slow news day.... - GCostanza Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:23:32 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/5668/38/#pc_2408 It isn't quite one-way traffic. I recall the recent WSC article on Fulham's big final whereby, on seeing Atletico Madrid turn out in their customary red and white stripes, a chant went up of "Are you Brentford in disguise?". Still, the two sides have had quite a few transfers or loans between them in recent decades, so it isn't like "the play for United / Celtic but never for City / Rangers" situation. - Arthur Nibble Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:39:59 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/5668/38/#pc_2407 You can pretty much work out the age of a Brentford fan by their perception of our rivals in much the same way that you can age a tree by cutting it down and counting the rings. Those from the 60s hated QPR, for their attempt to merge (ie take over) the Bees. 70s to early 80s fans think of Watford as our rivals, as they were the closest team to be in the division, and I'm pretty sure that hooliganism played a part. After that (and we're into my era now) Watford got too good, so Fulham took the brunt. Post Fayed, QPR happily became rubbish again so terrace colleagues now in their twenties reserve their dislike for them. Those coming of age on the terraces now have no obvious local rivals (Wycombe? Orient? Although Gillingham are alarmingly easy to dislike) so I presume they must be my generation's children. It's not really hatred, except in the few cases who have the NEED to hate, but more an attempt to fit in with the perceived football fan image of having a deathly rival to fight with. And where were we in 92? Watching the 4-0 demolition that is still my happiest memory in football. As the commentator says on the video "The Fulham fans wailing now, and well may they do so." - pebblethefish Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:38:36 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/5668/38/#pc_2406 As a Fulham I enjoyed our brief rivalry with Brentford. It was at a time when football was on the demise, derided, full of fighting and in a mess, Thatcherism on a high, property developers on the prowl and Fulham were fightin for survival of the Cottage and Club. In the aftermath of having the parasite that was Bulstrode and Marler Estates hoping to profit from the riverside location of Craven Cottage meant no money was spent on the club or team for a decade. It was during this time, the worst in Fulham's 130 year history that we played Brentford who were having their best period since the 30s with the likes of Holdsworth and Blisset banging them in. Somehow they think we are on a even keel. When Fulham were finally able to rid ourselves of Marler Estates and the constraints placed upon the club from the Bank of Scotland, promotion occured. Then investment could be courted for the first time in that decade, a decade which saw generations of fans missing out on Fulham and along came Fayed.... Brentford? Who rejoiced in singing "build flats on the Cottage" in those dark days are forever bitter about that prophecy failing to arise. - Lol_ffc Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:43:36 +0100